Did gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping as a gambler?

[KnightElite]

I experienced that before where I cannot sleep because I keep remembering the time that I lose big amount of money, it is my first time to lose 5 digits and it have emotional impact to me. The bad thing is I am not mentally prepared and that is why it became burden in that day but I manage to accept it because it is the way in order for me to move on. For those people who lose big amount of money in gambling, stay strong where you need to be always physically and mentally prepared to handle different unexpected situations.

[Becky666]

30000 NGN? Isn't that just 80 dollars? Don't worry about it OP it's not something you cannot earn again.

That fund was meant for the family upkeep and was solely meant for that. The money look very small right? But for me not small at all!, what you just saw is my monthly earning which the family are aware of and it is now lost in gambling.

If it was 80 thousand dollars you'd have a problem but 80 dollars? Please!
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  Am not rich man, am just a hustler that wants to make an impact to the family. We have  be given a compulsory quarantine for good two weeks and I will feed the family too, #30,000ngn mean something big in this trying times. 

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~~~~ I did a quick research and find out that your country has 8 reported confirmed cases that's why you are at least comfortable for now.

We currently have 35 confirmed cases and some believed to be on self isolation, remember the 15 House of Representatives that were confirmed carrier, also, one confirmed dead this morning. I regret gamble with that fund in the first place.

[criza]

This problem of difficulty in sleeping can't be limited only in a gambling loss. When we think too much about something, it causes our brain to be more active, analyzing the things that happened and might happen. This could be related to your conscience, a mistake that have affected not only you but, also other people. For me, it would be better to correct this mistake by accepting what happen and honestly tell your family of the tragedy, it is better than attempting to take another risk, accept your responsibility and be true.

[coolcoinz]

Every stress can cause insomnia, that's a well known fact. If you go into heavy debt that you cannot repay you'll also have trouble sleeping and is there even a difference between losing money at a casino or going into debt? In both cases the effect is the same - you're out of money and you need to get it somehow.
To get better you need to deal with the sickness not the symptoms. The sickness is lack of money, not insomnia. Come clean, tell your family you lost the money, get a job and earn it back, case closed.

[alexsandria]

Literally or to be exact there is really sometimes that I am having a difficulty when I am sleeping because on what happened on the gambling session that I have been played just for example if I am losing until I go home then probably it would be really so hard to sleep because you will think about what why you have been lose and you will think that the money you gamble instead you buy some things that can make you happy.

[abel1337]

I got sleeping issues way back when the time I got myself addicted to playing gambling. The regrets after a whole day playing on a gambling site makes me wonder all night and realizing the wrong things I do after the session after playing. I develop this kind of sleeping habit each day until it becomes my daily thing to do and it affects me badly in terms of sleeping hours because I waste my time every night thinking.

My sleeping issues slow down when I decided to change and to slowdown playing gambling. I don't lose or gain too much money that's why there aren't things that are making me think all night whether I do the right thing or not.

[plvbob0070]

I do experience sleepless nights but not because of gambling. But yes, it's tempting us to gamble more since we are stuck in our houses and the things we can do are very limited so gambling can be our option to spend our time. But you know that we are not staying at our houses for vacation. There's a crisis that our world is experiencing. We should always prioritize what is essential. In this time of crisis, we need extra money for food and necessities so I hope we should think first before giving everything we have for gambling.

Gambling is very hard to resist especially in this time of lockdown but we need to be a smart gambler. Let our brain works not our emotions. Gamble when you have extra money after allocating your family budget. That's a lesson for all of us. Know our priorities.

And btw, we can't say that the amount is not that big because we are not in the same classes. We have a different standard of living and if for you that's just a small amount of money but for others, it's not. And we know how hard the situation is since not everyone can go to work due to community quarantine. Not everyone has extras savings to feed their families for the whole month of quarantine.

[Captain Corporate]

 I once lost a lot of money gambling when I first started out dice gaming, bitcoin was like free back on those days and it wasn't really a lot of money so I thought it would be nothing. So I gambled and lost and bitcoin price moved up a little while later, that really made me sad. It wasn't really "being a gambling addict that lost a lot of money" type of situation, I was still doing fine and didn't spend a dime economically, but the fact that I lost money, just not the money I have but the money I could have instead, which kept me awake for a while.

 Honestly it was never too severe, I gamble constantly and I spend like 1-2 bucks a day so even though I lose almost all the time, it is not really that big of a deal for me at all, its money I am willing to lose.

[acroman08]

This is my personal experience: I am a gambler who loves gambling mostly on sports betting and have had series of experiences which some a positive and others negative but for the purpose of this thread; I am going to talk about my negative experience.

Just a few days ago, the government of my country made an announcement about stay at a home policy which made me get boredom. During these few days, I have been involved actively in gambling mainly on virtual sports betting which I have lost beyond my imagination.

At first, I lost a whopping sum of #30,000 (NGN) in a local currency, I played some games and won with some good profits which I used to Carter for the family but went the next day to meet my Waterloo during which I lost the said amount. This has affected me and caused me a sleepless night because the said money wasn't for me but the entire family for upkeep during this trial moment. I am regretting my loss because the remaining members of the family aren't aware of this loss. This has not happened to me before now until this compulsory self quarantine from the government.

To my co-gamblers: these days are tempting, ensure to be more careful with your savings and "never gamble what you can't afford to lose"

a well-deserved consequence. why the hell would you gamble the money if you can't afford to lose it? you risked your family's well being to get a chance of earning some extra money? If I were you I would come clean to my family members and start to think of a solution. if you decide to keep this mess to yourself the consequence will be worse your family finds out about it on a critical moment.

[SirLancelot]

Not just with gambling, whenever I am feeling ambitious and curious to achieve something then on those days I will have difficulty to sleep.

Let me talk about more specific to gambling, whenever I do come across a new gambling strategy or derivating a gambling strategy from the idea I got from this community, I will not go sleep until I'm finding my final result because even I will be trying to sleep, I may not fall asleep. Instead of struggling in bed, I opt for trying out till the final result before getting back to bed.

I believe all the people who are passionate about gambling and about dreaming on achieving something in gambling will be having similar habits. At the same time if we are not careful then this kind of habits will definitely lead to severe gambling addictions.

[ampere]

I have never had difficulty in or while gambling, maybe because of the country that i am,
Favorite gambles has definitely been about football, and to stake your gamble, there are several codes you need to know.

The good news is that, the help section already provides tutorial about that, and i have never needed to go extra miles nor have difficulties.
If you use sports betting mobile apps, then you have it even more easily.

[Becky666]

I can still sleep mate, I experience losing a big amount of money too in my journey as a gambler, but I know the technique to sleep well, I drink a lot until I get drunk and actually there is no difference when I win in gambling as I also love to drink spending the money that I won, so I have no problem like yours.

  Get yourself drunk because of your loss to the gambling platform doesn't make any sense, what happen when you're out of the effluence of that alcohol? Still forget what happened in the real world?   my religion disallow those who practice it take in alcohol. With this, am not buying into your submission, though thanks. Alcoholic drinks kill the body.

[fullhdpixel]

If you are gambling so much out of your pocket and losing enough money to make you lose sleeps, you are doing something very very VERY wrong. You should definitely talk to your family first and then talk to some professional if you can't stop after that.

Gambling is as serious addiction as any and you should take it seriously, losing sleep over gambling means it is actually affecting your health, you should not allow it to take over your life all that much, there is really no sense of going so out of control and still keep on gambling. I understand that it is easier said and done and that is why there are so many places that can help you, whenever you feel like you have lost your control and spinning out, just contact one of them and get an appointment, there is no other way, if you can't stop yourself at least let them help you.

[Quidat]

I can still sleep mate, I experience losing a big amount of money too in my journey as a gambler, but I know the technique to sleep well, I drink a lot until I get drunk and actually there is no difference when I win in gambling as I also love to drink spending the money that I won, so I have no problem like yours.

  Get yourself drunk because of your loss to the gambling platform doesn't make any sense, what happen when you're out of the effluence of that alcohol? Still forget what happened in the real world?   my religion disallow those who practice it take in alcohol. With this, am not buying into your submission, though thanks. Alcoholic drinks kill the body.

Theres nothing wrong if you drink alcohol just to ease the stress or problem on that particular time and as long you dont do it frequently then it isnt bad
but if you are already doing it regularly then its a different story.

You cant stop people if they do have that kind of mindset because we do have our own ways to handle out ourselves as long you dont cross the limit then
it should be fine.

In my case i havent tried out to have hard on sleeping because of gambling yet i havent loss that much since i do always use of funds which are intended just for it.

[lienfaye]

Due to this lockdown we have more time to be at home but its not an excuse to gamble without limitation, just because you are bored or looking for activities to kill time.

I gamble using a spare money so even I lose it doesnt affect me much and I can still sleep without worries on how can I chase back what i've lost.

Its tempting to play specially if you cant think of anything at home but make sure to not risk the money meant for the needs of your family. We know how hard the current situation due to this virus hence lets be a responsible gambler.

[chaser15]

Theres nothing wrong if you drink alcohol just to ease the stress or problem on that particular time and as long you dont do it frequently then it isnt bad
but if you are already doing it regularly then its a different story.

But on the other side, still, that doesn't solve the problem. If only there's a movement to solve the problem then better. Let's say we drink because we want to solve our problem, we aren't passing the limit, we don't drink regularly, but still, the problem is still there.

Easing the problem is not the key even just at that particular time.

I admit I'm a hard drinker but in case of problems, I'd rather find a way to solve it compared to drinking alcohol just to ease the pain. It's happier to enjoy drinking until my limit later on once the problem is solved.

[Inkdatar]

This happens to other people of sleepless nights because of the money that was lost to gambling. That's true never gamble that you cannot afford to lose. In this times of crisis we should avoid of too much time in gambling that may cause of regrets, also better to save money for the family needs since we don't know until when this pandemic will end. Look for other alternative activities that can kill your boredom.

[kawetsriyanto]

~~ But then I realize that it is wrong because that won't solve the problem, ~~

Indeed. It never solves your problem, even it potentially brings new problems. When you have difficulties in sleeping regularly, I doubt it can affect your health and may cause insomnia.

~~ I will take a rest for a while, take a deep breath, and maybe I will try to sleep. ~~

Besides those things, I suggest you have entertainment by going outside with friends or gathering with family. You need a bit of entertainment or fun activities to reduce the burden on the mind. It will make you more relaxed and helps to get a new spirit.

[leowonderful]

No, except for one time when I happened to gamble a sizable amount of money and I spent the rest of the night thinking back to why I'd gamble so recklessly in the first place. That was actually a good experience for me in the long run because I completely changed my habits afterwards and I learned to become much more wise with money.

I think minor losses like what I experienced are occasionally good as long as you're an aware person, because they're the little shocks that force you to think about your actions and bring you back to a more logical mindset.

[KrisAlex18]

Actually I am not really used in gambling so I can still sleep without playing any gambling websites or casino gambling, but I think if a person is really tired and sleepy he can still sleep anytime he or she wants.

But I think those people who are really addicted in gambling would only be affected by being difficult to sleep because of several reasons. when they are playing they are usually forget the mind or don't even mind it, even it is already too late because of being focused on playing, some people are hard to stop when he or she is still happy playing, or even if they are continuously losing the game.

It all depends on the person if he or she has a good mindset.